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In these pages Dr Joel Beeke provides us with a first-class tour of some of the great sites of Reformed theology and spirituality. Here we meet John Calvin, reformer extraordinaire; then we encounter the learned Dr William Ames and the insightful Anthony Burgess.

Soon we have traveled north to meet the Scotsmen John Brown of Haddington, the great Thomas Boston and the remarkable brothers, Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine.

Predictably, but happily our guide brings us to The Netherlands and to the time of the Nadere Reformatie, before taking us back to the New World in the company of the remarkable Theodorus Jacobus Freylinghuysen.

But the climax of this tour is not reached until our trusted guide has brought us to the family roots from which all these theologians and pastors came — to the strong foundations of Christian living in justification by faith and sanctification in life, nourished by the power of biblical preaching. Puritan Reformed Spirituality is a tour de force! I hope it will be widely read and enjoyed. - Sincalir B. Ferguson

Table of Contents:

Calvin on Piety

Making Sense of Calvin’s Paradoxes on Assurance of Faith

John Calvin: Teacher and Practitioner of Evangelism

The Puritan Practice of Meditation

The Didactic Use of the Law

The Learned Dr. William Ames and The Marrow of Theology

Evangelism Rooted in Scripture: The Puritan Example

Anthony Burgess on Assurance

The Life and Writings of John Brown of Haddington

The Life and Theology of Thomas Boston

The Lives of Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine: Dissenters with a Cause

Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine: Preachers with a Message of Promise

Assurance of Faith: A Comparison of English Puritanism and the Nadere Reformatie

Willem Teellinck and The Path of True Godliness

The Life and Theology of Herman Witsius

Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen: Precursor of the Great Awakening

Justification by Faith Alone: The Relation of Faith to Justification

Cultivating Holiness

The Lasting Power of Reformed Experiential Preaching

Author

Joel R. Beeke (Ph.D. Westminster Theological Seminary) is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, editor of The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, and author of numerous books.